Would it surprise you to know I’ve been playing a lot of World of Warcraft? No, I thought not. Given twenty minutes of free time, you can pretty much bank on my having logged into Azeroth to complete some leg of a quest, work up a few points in a tradeskill, explore a new town, or even just kill some wandering baddies for the sheer joy of it. What I’ll be curious to see in the long run is how much my enthusiasm for WoW holds up; whether my current mania is a function of a well crafted game – even in its current beta state – or fueled by my long standing anticipation to play?